History NightmareFuel / Christine

* And before that even happened, there's Moochie's death when he's pursued into an alleyway until he has nowhere to run. Apparently the poor bastard was ''bisected'' by the time Christine was done with him.

** Donnie's death scream as Christine rams their car, causing fuel to leak throughout the garage as said car is catching fire. Within seconds, the entire garage is consumed by an inferno.

** Arnie is [[DemonicPossession being possessed]] by the ghost of Roland D. [=LeBay=]. It starts off in subtle ways, like Arnie combing his hair like a 50s greaser or listening to 50s music, all of which you could easily put down to simple things like personal taste. But it keeps going, as [[TookALevelInJerkass Arnie starts treating his girlfriend badly, yelling at his family, mistreating his best friend, and even breaking the law by smuggling fireworks across state lines]]. The ultimate sign is when Arnie injures his back at work, but can't quite remember HOW he injured it... except that now he needs to wear a back brace, just like [=LeBay=].

** The novel ends on a ''[[FromBadToWorse worse]]'' note: Years after the final battle, Dennis reads a recent news report of a bizarre murder-by-car of someone who was once the target of [=LeBay=]'s rage. Dennis [[ExplainExplainOhCrap then remembers]] how there were times when Christine was killing people when a possessed Arnie wasn't able to drive her, noting how Christine had the power to regenerate herself. The final line of the epilogue is horrifying in its implications: ''His unending fury.''

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBFitwYFWpU The teaser trailer]] is pretty unnerving, [[spoiler:especially the JumpScare ending.]]
* The film ends [[spoiler:With a close-up of Christine's crushed body, with a bent grille piece [[OhCrap slowly turning as if she's healing]] again...]]
** The novel ends [[spoiler:Years after the final battle with Dennis reading a recent news report of a bizarre murder-by-car of someone who was once the target of [=LeBay=]'s rage. Dennis remembered how there were times when Christine was killing people when a possessed Arnie wasn't able to drive her. He noted how Christine had the power to regenerate herself. The final line of the epilogue is horrifying in its implications: ''His unending fury.'']]

** When Arnie's father confronts him about the way he spoke to him and his mother on replacing Christine, Arnie nearly chokes him to death, but backs out at the last minute. The incident leaves Arnie's father creeped out. It's shown that [=LeBay=]'s influence is poisoning Arnie's mind.

[[caption-width-right:350:''I hear ya knockin', but you can't come in...'']]

** When Arnie's father confronts him about the way he spoke to him on buying a new car after Christine was vandalized, Arnie nearly chokes his father. His father is left scared.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBFitwYFWpU The teaser trailer]] is pretty unnerving, [[spoiler:especially the JumpScare ending.]]

** A man (the line worker) follows Christine, looking at her rear. Christine's mirror notices it, as it's a representation of a wary woman looking behind her. The man also takes a look behind him to make sure he's not watched. Though the line worker is simply doing his job by making sure everything's right with the Red Plymouth, he symbolically harasses Christine by opening her engine hood (representation of a blouse snatching). Christine protects herself by abruptly slamming her hood at the line worker's hand. The man yelps in pain.
** Another man approaches Christine. Thinking he's here to comfort her after this bad experience, Christine lets him sit within. But he doesn't respect her by dropping ash to the seat and turns on the radio. The song is a representation of the anger boiling inside Christine, and it causes her to kill him.

** After his parents tell him they will buy him a new car since Christine was vandalized by Repperton and his gang, Arnie fights verbally and physically with his parents. When Arnie's father confronts him about the way he spoke to them, Arnie nearly chokes his father, but backs out. His father is left scared.

** If one looks closer, the Plymouth factory could be the metaphorical the representation of an avenue. There are many women walking (White Plymouth), but there's a different woman (Red Plymouth). This woman is very seductive in her red dress, with many workers eyeing her.
** A man (the line worker) follows Christine, looking at her rear. Christine's mirror notices it, as it is a representation of a wary woman taking a look behind her. The man also takes a look behind him to make sure he's not watched. He harasses Christine by opening her engine hood (representation of a blouse snatching) and he looks and touches her underwear, like a rapist. Christine protects herself by abruptly slamming her hood at the line worker's hand. The man yelps in pain.
** Another man approaches Christine. Thinking he's here to comfort her after this bad experience, Christine lets him sit within. But he doesn't respect her by dropping ash to the seat and turns on the radio. The song is a representation of the anger boiling inside Christine, and it causes her to kill him.

** Especially nightmarish is the bit where she's chasing Buddy down the highway, just lazily tailing him... getting closer every time he looks back. It's all so quiet.

** The fact that [[NothingIsScarier her origin is never explained]]. While the novel goes into detail about her history with [=LeBay=] (and all of it is deeply fucked up in a way that only Creator/StephenKing could have imagined), the exact nature of how a sentient car came into existence is left ambiguous.

** Especially nightmarish is the bit where she's chasing Buddy down the highway, just lazily tailing him... getting closer every time he looks back... and it's all so quiet.

** It takes a step into true nightmare territory towards the end, though, in a sequence where Dennis confronts Arnie in the school parking lot, calling him out on his bullshit and pointing out just how much he knows. Suddenly, the facade breaks and [[FightingFromTheInside Arnie comes back, frightened and pleading with Dennis to help him]]. Then the walls are back up, and [=LeBay=] is talking again. It adds a huge dose of AndIMustScream to the story, making it even more frightening.

An adaptation of a Creator/StephenKing novel directed by Creator/JohnCarpenter? What could go wrong?

** As if that wasn't enough, it would appear that she is completely indestructable, so no matter how hard you try to get rid of her, she will always come out on top in the end.
** The fact that her origin is never explained. While the novel goes into detail about her history with [=LeBay=] (and all of it is deeply fucked up in a way that only Stephen King could have imagined), the exact nature of how a sentient car came into existence is left ambiguous.
* The scene where Christine tries to murder Leigh in a fit of jealous rage.
* Christine's massacre of Buddy Reperton and his gang. While they all 100% deserve it, it's still horrifying to watch.
* The very concept of what's happening to Arnie. It's almost non-existant in the movie but it's pretty blatant in the book, if you read between the lines
** [[spoiler:Arnie is being possessed by the ghost of Roland D. Lebay. It starts off in subtle ways, like Arnie combing his hair like a 50s greaser, or listening to 50s music, all of which you could easily put down to simple things like personal taste. But it keeps going, as Arnie starts treating his girlfriend badly, yelling at his family, mistreating his best friend, and even breaking the law by smuggling fireworks across state lines. The ultimate sign is when Arnie injures his back at work, but can't quite remember HOW he injured it... except that now he needs to wear a back brace, just like Roland D. Lebay]]
** [[spoiler:It takes a step into true nightmare territory towards the end though, in a sequence where Dennis confronts Arnie in the school parking lot, calling him out on his bullshit and pointing out just how much he knows. Suddenly, the facade breaks, and Arnie comes back, frightened and pleading with Dennis to help him. Then the walls are back up, and Lebay is talking again. It adds a huge dose of AndIMustScream to the story, making it even more frightening]]

** [[spoilers:Arnie is being posessed by the ghost of Roland D. Lebay. It starts off in subtle ways, like Arnie combing his hair like a 50s greaser, or listening to 50s music, all of which you could easily put down to simple things like personal taste. But it keeps going, as Arnie starts treating his girlfriend badly, yelling at his family, mistreating his best friend, and even breaking the law by smuggling fireworks across state lines. The ultimate sign is when Arnie injures his back at work, but can't quite remember HOW he injured it... except that now he needs to wear a back brace, just like Roland D. Lebay]]
** [[spoilers:It takes a step into true nightmare territory towards the end though, in a sequence where Dennis confronts Arnie in the school parking lot, calling him out on his bullshit and pointing out just how much he knows. Suddenly, the facade breaks, and Arnie comes back, frightened and pleading with Dennis to help him. Then the walls are back up, and Lebay is talking again. It adds a huge dose of AndIMustScream to the story, making it even more frightening]]

* Christine's massacre of Buddy Reperton and his gang. While they all 100% deserve it, it's still horrifying to watch.

** The fact that her origin is never explained. While the novel goes into detail about her history with Lebay (and all of it is deeply fucked up in a way that only Stephen King could have imagined), the exact nature of how a sentient car came into existence is left ambiguous.